New Traffic Lights Being Installed
View Traffic List Installations in a larger map The pins above mark the locations of the new lights. Traffic Signal Construction Projects Begin Installation of traffic lights will commence today…
October 2011
New Traffic Lights Being Installed
View Traffic List Installations in a larger mapThe pins above mark the locations of the new lights. Traffic Signal Construction Projects BeginInstallation of traffic lights will commence today in three…
Mississauga Bans Shark Fin Products
Say what you will about Mississauga and their errant mayor, but on Wednesday its municipal council did the right thing. Despite those who urged caution, the council voted to implement…
Recreating Eden 2011-10-13 14:46:00
A somewhat conservative American friend was musing the other day about why it has taken so long for protest too build about the way big corporations and the right wing…
Right turn, wrong way
I wouldn't have expected to end up concurring with Rob Silver's analysis of the NDP leadership race. But there's an awful lot of truth to Silver's take on Thomas Mulcair's…
Common employer doctrine
Asselin v. Gazarek et al., 2011 ONSC 5871 is a wrongful dismissal case dealing with the common employer doctrine at common law. The doctrine provides that an employee can have,…
Not a shocker. Americans support Occupy Wall Street 2-1 over Tea Party.
That's news to most news organizations, which have virtually ignored OWS while kowtowing to the Tea Party.A new Time magazine poll asked respondents for their opinion of “the Tea Party…
A message from Forest Lawn for workers everywhere
The workers at Sobeys' Forest Lawn supermarket, the only unionized Sobeys in Calgary, are currently on strike. The pickets have been on duty for two weeks. Doug Smith of the…
Thoughts on Communism and Capitalism as "Occupy Vancouver" Approaches
“Although Communism may be dead in fact if not name, the conditions that spawned and nurtured it are very much with us today. Large corporations have replaced the noblemen, the…
Lech Walesa supports Occupy Wall Street
You can't get much better than that.Solidarity hero Lech Walesa is flying to New York to show his support for the Occupy Wall Street protesters."How could I not respond," Walesa…
The Old War on Science Returns Under Rick Perry
Galveston Bay.gif In an August post about the return of the “war on science”—prosecuted by the political right—I drew a key distinction between attacks on knowledge that h...
The Prime Minister and the G20
Prime Minister Harper’s op ed in the Globe today on his hopes for the Cannes summit is disappointing, even if the content comes as no surprise. His focus is on…
What does sanction really mean?
Here’s what Kathy Dunderdale told CBC’s David Cochrane about Muskrat Falls: "We're looking at sanction, at the earliest at this point in time, would be in the spring and the…
Is Alberta Oil Still ‘Ethical’, Ezzy?
It appears that Chinese state-owned companies is investing billions into Alberta tar sands these days. The Financial Post reported Chinese companies are poised to make even more significant investments in…
Occupy Wall Street, Together, and Nonviolence
Everything about the occupy wall street movement is inspiring to those of us on the left who have long-standing and well-founded questions about capitalism. As it’s unfolded, every day has…
John Doyle: Sun News is Conservative Comedy Central
John Doyle has been doing a yeoman's job of mocking Fox News North. Today's gem is rife with true comedy, for which Doyle has a talent unlike his Sun News…
Mulcair Is IN The Leadership Race!
"Thomas Mulcair officially announced his candidacy for NDP leader Thursday, bringing the number of declared candidates to six and a new dynamic to the race."CBC
4084…Don Cherry Approved
Fans be classy in Philly. At the Flyers game last night they played a public service announcement on the scoreboard. Players from around the league were featured including rival Sidney…